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  1. Going to scale: developing strategies for scaling out market-oriented organic agriculture from farmer group to association level in Africa by Gonsalves, Julian Francis

    Published 2013
    “…Farmers in selected communities (with emphasis on gender and marginalized groups) and other key stakeholders will be able to identify market opportunities, develop sustainable community-based agroenterprises, and better manage their natural resources at farmer association level within sub-counties.ble to identify market opportunities, develop sustainable community-based agroenterprises, and better manage their natural resources at farmer association level within sub-counties.…”
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    Case Study
  2. A double honour by Lawrence, Frank E.

    Published 2006
    “…Lawrence, priest and environmentalist Lawrence has spent a lifetime helping rural people in his native Jamaica to understand more about sustainable community development.…”
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    News Item
  3. The roles of local grocery store for the rural community by Lai, Kit Wa

    Published 2016
    “…The connections between the store and the concepts of third place (a social meeting place beyond work or home) and sense of community were being discussed for sustainable community development. A potential way to develop the store to becoming a better third place was also discussed, so to expand its roles in the community, thus the store could have a higher chance for a better economic income for sustaining itself.…”
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    Second cycle, A2E
  4. A SME self-assessment tool: integrating an impact-& investment scan and a pre-matching platform (A prototype designed by actors of the sustainable finance community) by Koerner, Jana, Heinz, Susanne Mira, Dinesh, Dhanush

    Published 2021
    “…To address these, CCAFS organized a design thinking series with actors of the sustainable community. This Info Note details the final prototype of the SME self-assessment tool that can help accelerate SME’s investment readiness. …”
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    Brief
  5. Promising strategies to enhance the sustainability of community seed banks by Vernooy, Ronnie, Adokorach, Joyce, Gupta, Arnab, Otieno, Gloria, Rana, Jai, Shrestha, Pitambar, Subedi, Abishkar

    Published 2024
    “…Five promising sustainability strategies can support viable community seed bank development: value addition; nature-positive agriculture; enabling environment and national genebank partnership; networking and digitalization; and modern, low-cost seed quality technologies. Sustainable community seed banks can make important contributions to national seed sector development but they need stronger policy and legal support to maintain their sustainability.…”
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    Journal Article
  6. Can Agroforestry Contribute to Food and Livelihood Security for Indonesia’s Smallholders in the Climate Change Era? by Sudomo, A., Leksono, B., Tata, H.L., Rahayu, A.A.D., Umroni, A., Rianawati, H., Asmaliyah, Krisnawati, Setyayudi, A., Utomo, M.M.B., Pieter, L.A.G., Wresta, A., Indrajaya, Y., Rahman, S.A., Baral, H.

    Published 2023
    “…In Indonesia, smallholders have historically practiced agroforestry, which warrants examination in terms of food and livelihood security within sustainable community forest frameworks. Based on a literature review, we analyzed these two forms of security related to smallholder agroforestry practices. …”
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    Journal Article
  7. Crowdsourced Water Level Monitoring in Kenya’s Sondu-Miriu Basin—Who Is “The Crowd”? by Weeser, B., Gräf, J., Njue, N.K., Cerutti, P.O., Rufino, Mariana C., Breuer, Lutz, Jacobs, S.R.

    Published 2021
    “…We analyzed the data using descriptive statistics and random forest models to elucidate the characteristics of the participant population, underlying motivations, and the challenges and opportunities to develop recommendations for sustainable community-based water monitoring programs. As citizen scientists who engaged long-term were 30–49 years old, had primary or secondary school education and passed by the monitoring station frequently, targeting sensitization activities at people with such background could increase participation in community-based water monitoring. …”
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    Journal Article
  8. Can humans outsmart rodents? Learning to work collectively and strategically by Palis, Florencia G., Singleton, Grant R., Brown, Peter R., Huan, Nguyen Huu, Umali, Christian, Nga, Nguyen Thi Duong

    Published 2011
    “…Conclusions Humans can indeed outsmart rodents through the use of EBRM principles that rely on community actions. Sustainable community actions can be achieved through participatory approaches and a multi-stakeholder partnership built on existing social capital of the society and local communities. …”
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    Journal Article

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